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Are you a Tarantino buff?

As Death Proof barrels into cinemas, get medieval on ten questions about the blood-spattered auteur

Question 1 Quentin Tarantino originally set out to be an actor. What was his screen debut?
 
  Appearing as "Grinning Henchman" in Death Wish IV
  Co-starring as Kevin Costner's Indian-hating nephew in the Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves
  Playing an Elvis impersonator in the TV sitcom The Golden Girls
  Playing a gay chef in an episode of The Cosby Show
 
Question 2 According to popular legend, how did Tarantino come up with the title for Reservoir Dogs?
 
  His LA apartment overlooked a reservoir where stray dogs would gather
  He misheard the title of Louis Malle's Au Revoir Les Enfants
  He had 'this dream about all these, like, mad dogs, huh, who were, like, hanging out around this reservoir'
  While working as a script reader for Paramount Pictures, he devised two piles for rejected manuscripts. He labelled the first pile "In Reserve" and the second "Dogs"
 
Question 3 Tarantino recently expressed an interest in directing the next outing in a successful film franchise. Which one?
 
  The James Bond movies
  The Spider-Man movies
  The Indiana Jones movies
  The Police Academy movies
 
Question 4 Which actor was originally cast as Bill in Kill Bill - the role later taken by David Carradine?
 
  Warren Beatty
  James Garner
  Jerry Lewis
  Donald Sutherland
 
Question 5 How many times is the word "fuck" used in Pulp Fiction - a film record since beaten by South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
 
  137
  398
  257
  217
 
Question 6 Tarantino's 1997 adaptation, Jackie Brown, was based on which book by US crime novelist Elmore Leonard?
 
  Cuba Libre
  Killshot
  Rum Punch
  Cat Chaser
 
Question 7 Tarantino cropped up in the 1994 romantic comedy Sleep With Me, discussing the gay subtext of a macho Hollywood blockbuster. Name that movie
 
  An Officer and a Gentleman
  Top Gun
  Wall Street
  Jaws
 
Question 8 Death Proof originally formed one part of the Grindhouse double-bill that Tarantino shot alongside director Robert Rodriguez. What is the Rodriguez section called?
 
  My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
  Undead Proof
  Werewolf Women of the SS
  Planet Terror
 
Question 9 At which famous video shop did Tarantino get his first job?
 
  Eddie Brandt's, Los Angeles
  Video Archives, Los Angeles
  Super Video, New York City
  Blockbuster, Croydon
 
Question 10 Tarantino crops up for a Hitchcockian character in Death Proof alongside another American film director. Which one?
 
  Ron Howard
  Abel Ferrara
  Tobe Hooper
  Eli Roth
 
 


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